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Show 208 PISCES. ALEPOCEPHALus, Risso. ~ b t the head only deprived of scales, the e general1orm, u · 11 d The sa. m vered W.i t h b. d ones· the mouth 1s sma , an the I oa ' . body bemg co . d crowded; very large eyes, and e1ght teeth extremely dehcate an b1·anchial rays. . E 1 II f. 27 and Mem. Acad. Turin, .Ill ostratus Risso, c ·' ' • . XXV· , rp l. x, f. '2 4. Tll eon ly species known; it is taken m the depths of the Mediterranean. MroROSTOMA, Cuv . • the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper A very sho.rt snout, ell as the s~all intermaxillaries, with very one, and furmshed, as w d d flat rays in the branchi<£; the eye minute teeth; three broad and the lateral line covered with a row large, the body el~ngate ' anl hort distance behind the ventrals; of stout scales; a smgle dorsa a s intestines like those of ~ Pi~e.k the Serpe microstome, Risso, P· But a single species IS nown, 356. It inhabits the Mediterranean. SToMrAs, Cuv. d the mouth cleft almost to the gills; The snout extremely short, au 1 · ""' and the maxilla· d I' ttle membranous amm.,..,, the opercula reduce to 1 . '11 palatine and mandi· d th heek The mtermaxi ary, ' ries fixe to e c ·. lon and hooked teeth; similar ones bulary bones armed with a fe~ :ted. the ventrals very far back, on the tongue. The. body h e onr on the posterior extremity of the and the dorsal opposite to t e ana body. . fi h ere discovered by Two species of these smgular s es w d namented Risso in the Mediterranean; they are black; an Oor f them along the belly with several rows o f S'l1 ve ry po. mt.s . ne ho Sto·' I 1 f 34 has no Clrn; the ot er, Esox boa, Risso, Ed. ' P · x, · ' h' k ne which mias barbatus, is furnished with a very long and t lC o is attached to the symphysis of the lower jaw. CHAuLronus, Schn. • d f figure Catesb., These fishes, as well as can be ascertame rom a . ' . their Supp. pl. i::(, and Schn. pl. 85, are nearly allied to Sto~mas m when head and jaws. Two teeth m. eac h J·a W cross the op.p ositea lo nbee tween the mouth is shut. The dorsal corresponds to the mterv k those the pectorals and ventrals, w hI. C h are no t P1 a ced so fa. r bac fial s ment. of a Stomias· the first ray o f thi· s d orsal l·S ext e n cl ed mto a I a ll'i i c. Sloa' ni Schn., pl. 85; Esox stomw· s, s• h ., V ' part , P · tat' is the only 's pec1. cs known, an d has neve1• b e en taken excep MALACOPTEH.YGII ABDOMINALES. 209 Gibraltal'. It is fifteen or eig·hteen inches in length, and of a deep green colour.( I) SALANx, Cuv.(2) A depressed head; opercula folding beneath; four flat rays in the branchice; jaws short and pointed, each being provided with a range of hooked teeth, and the upper one almost entirely formed, by the intermaxillaries, which are without pedicles; the lower jaw slightly elongated from the symphysis by a little appendage furnished with teeth; the palate and bottom of the mouth entirely smooth, as there is not even a lingual projection.(3) BELONE, Cuv. The whole edge of the upper jaw, which as well as the lower one is extended into a long snout, formed by the intermaxillaries,-both furnished with small teeth, no others in the mouth, and those of the pharynx en pave. The body is elongated and covered with scales, which are not very apparent, one longitudinal carinated range near the lower edge excepted. The bones arc very remarkable for their colour, which is a beautiful green.( 4) The intestines differ but little from those of a Pike. B. vulgaris; Esox belone, L.; Bl., 33. (The Gar Fish.) Two feet long; green above, white beneath; found on the coast of France, where its flesh is much esteemed, notwithstanding the colour of the bones. Neighboul'ing species inhabit all seas. The bite of one of them, which is said to attain a length of eight feet, is considered dangerous.( 5) ScoMBEREsox, Lacep.-SAIRrs, Rafin. The structure of the snout similar to that of a Belone; the same port and scales, with the carinated range along the bc1Iy; but the (1) The Stomiaa Schneideri, Risso, Ed. II, f. 37, appears to me to be of another genus, and even of another order. (2) Salanx, the Greek name of an unknown fish. (3) There is but one species, a new one. (4)' This colour is inherent in the bone, and does not arise either from cooking or the spinal marrow, as was believed by Bloch, ed. Schn., p. 391. . (5) The Brochet de Bantam, Ren., part TI, fol. 14, No. 65;-the Belone crocodila, Lesueur, .Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad., I, 129, probably the same as the Wahla kuddera, Russ., 175, and as the variety of the Bel one, Lacep., VII, pl. v, f. 1. Add, Bel<m,e caudimacula, Cuv., kuddera, A, Russ., 176;-Belone cancila, Ham. Buchan, XXVII, 70;-B. argalus, Lesueur, loc. cit., p. 1'25;-B. truncata, ld., p. 126;-B. caribcea, Id., 121, which is perhaps the timttct~ of Marcgr., 168, and other species to be described in our Ichthyology. VoL. II.-2 B \ |
